'I'm very bitter about it, because I've only actually been in office a little over a month, and has tried three times to get me removed, and on the fourth time, she was successful,' he said. The Ancils said the number is more like five or six. Joyce and Mark Ancil both characterized the move as an internal matter and said fire protection won't change.Įads, however, said up to 14 volunteers have resigned from the department in response to his ouster. Whether the leadership switch will affect the township's fire protection remains to be seen. This wasn't something that was a lot of fun for me to do,' she said Wednesday. The ousted chief, Jerry Eads, is crying foul, saying it was a personal vendetta.īut Joyce Ancil, whose other son, David, sits on the fire corporation board and the township board, said she had to make the move because Eads' training wasn't where it needed to be. 19-Harrison Township Trustee Joyce Ancil removed the elected chief of the Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department Tuesday and installed her son, Mark Ancil, as the new chief. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.Dec. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Harrison Township was established March 6, 1832. Named in honor of General William Henry Harrison, it is one of nineteen Harrison Townships statewide.

No municipalities are located in Harrison Township, although the unincorporated community of Minford lies along the border with Madison Township. Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: The 2010 census counted 4,548 people in the township. Harrison Township is one of the sixteen townships of Scioto County, Ohio, United States.

Harrison township trustee